Politifact.com: Statements from Greater Wisconsin Committeehttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/Statements from Greater Wisconsin Committee reviewed by Politifact.comen-usWed, 29 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Greater Wisconsin Committee - Hitting back, group defends Dem governor candidate Tony Evers in handling of teacher porn casehttp://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2018/aug/29/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/hitting-back-group-defends-dem-governor-candidate-/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Hitting back, group defends Dem governor candidate Tony Evers in handling of teacher porn case
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<p>Who would have thought an 8-year-old case of a Madison-area teacher viewing pornography would become, prominently and repeatedly, a flashpoint in the 2018 campaign for governor? Three times, the state Republican Party has run attack ads against Tony Evers, the Democratic nominee, tying him to the teacher. (In fact, as we were preparing this fact check, the GOP released another, though broader attack ad, tying Evers to that case and two others.) None of the first three GOP ads fared well in our assessments. All of ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2018/aug/29/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/hitting-back-group-defends-dem-governor-candidate-/">>> More</a>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2018/aug/29/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/hitting-back-group-defends-dem-governor-candidate-/ Greater Wisconsin Committee - Would Wisconsin voters no longer decide who leads the state Supreme Court?http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2015/apr/03/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/would-wisconsin-voters-no-longer-decide-who-leads-/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Would Wisconsin voters no longer decide who leads the state Supreme Court?
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<p>Wisconsin voters are being asked in the April 7, 2015 election whether to amend the state constitution to change how the chief justice of the Supreme Court is chosen. Which raises the question: Do most voters even know how the selection is made? After all, the office of chief justice is never on the ballot. Currently, the justice who has served longest on the high court is automatically made chief, and remains in that role as long as he or she is on the court. That process has been in place since an amendment was made to the state constitution ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2015/apr/03/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/would-wisconsin-voters-no-longer-decide-who-leads-/">>> More</a>Fri, 03 Apr 2015 05:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2015/apr/03/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/would-wisconsin-voters-no-longer-decide-who-leads-/ Greater Wisconsin Committee - Did Scott Walker oppose a proposal for refinancing student loans?http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/oct/29/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/did-scott-walker-oppose-proposal-refinancing-stude/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Did Scott Walker oppose a proposal for refinancing student loans?
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<p>Financial aid for college has gotten its share of attention around Wisconsin during 2014, and moreso in the days leading up to the Nov. 4, 2014 gubernatorial election. When U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., said college students on average are graduating with $30,000 in student loan debt, we rated her claim Half True. Some reliable data indicated the figure is accurate, but other figures suggested it might be lower. And when U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., claimed the affluent are taking advantage of student loans at the expense of middle-class families, our rating was Mostly False. ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2014/oct/29/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/did-scott-walker-oppose-proposal-refinancing-stude/">>> More</a>Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:33:11 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/oct/29/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/did-scott-walker-oppose-proposal-refinancing-stude/ Greater Wisconsin Committee - Scott Walker cut school funding more than any governor, Greater Wisconsin Committee claimshttp://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/sep/07/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/scott-walker-cut-school-funding-more-any-governor-/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Scott Walker cut school funding more than any governor, Greater Wisconsin Committee claims
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<p>A TV ad released Aug. 28, 2014 by the Greater Wisconsin Committee, a group funded by labor unions and Democratic ideological groups, starts with three children looking into the camera and each asking: &quot;Why?&quot; Then an adult narrator says: &quot;Why did Scott Walker cut school funding more per student than any governor in America? Where did the money go? To Scott Walker&#39;s friends. Walker gave his corporate friends half a billion dollars in tax breaks and giveaways.&quot; We&#39;ve already rated False an earlier Greater Wisconsin Committee claim, that Walker gave $570 million in job-development incentives to ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2014/sep/07/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/scott-walker-cut-school-funding-more-any-governor-/">>> More</a>Sun, 07 Sep 2014 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/sep/07/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/scott-walker-cut-school-funding-more-any-governor-/ Greater Wisconsin Committee - Greater Wisconsin Committee says Walker gave $570 million in job creation money to his cronieshttp://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/sep/03/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/greater-wisconsin-committee-says-walker-gave-570-m/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Greater Wisconsin Committee says Walker gave $570 million in job creation money to his cronies
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<p>A TV ad by a liberal political group blames lagging job growth on Gov. Scott Walker, charging that millions in precious job-development funds went to his pals and campaign donors. The ad begins with snippets of TV news reports highlighting Wisconsin&rsquo;s employment struggles compared with its neighbors, then a narrator does the rest: &quot;What&rsquo;s Scott Walker doing wrong? Scott Walker gave Wisconsin job creation money to his cronies &hellip; corporate friends who contributed to his campaigns &hellip; $570 million of our jobs money to Scott Walker&rsquo;s friends. That&rsquo;s how things work in Scott Walker&rsquo;s Wisconsin.&quot; The ad, which began ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2014/sep/03/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/greater-wisconsin-committee-says-walker-gave-570-m/">>> More</a>Wed, 03 Sep 2014 05:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/sep/03/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/greater-wisconsin-committee-says-walker-gave-570-m/ Greater Wisconsin Committee - Group says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said calling 911 not best optionhttp://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/aug/07/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/group-says-sheriff-david-clarke-said-calling-911-n/The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Group says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said calling 911 not best option
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<p>A new TV ad by a liberal group uses Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr.&rsquo;s own words to suggest he&rsquo;s encouraging gun violence by discouraging use of the 911 emergency response system. &quot;I don&rsquo;t dial 911,&quot; Clarke says in a clip featured in the ad. &quot;I will afterwards, to say &lsquo;Come get this dead guy out of my house, he&rsquo;s bleeding out and he&rsquo;s messing up my carpet.&rsquo;&quot; The ad ends with another excerpt from that interview: &quot;Point that barrel (at) center mass and pull the trigger.&quot; At the top of the spot, a narrator says: &quot;Emergency responders. ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2014/aug/07/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/group-says-sheriff-david-clarke-said-calling-911-n/">>> More</a>Thu, 07 Aug 2014 05:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/aug/07/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/group-says-sheriff-david-clarke-said-calling-911-n/ Greater Wisconsin Committee - Women who miscarry could face investigation under legislation supported by Gudex, Greater Wisconsin Political Fund sayshttp://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/oct/22/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/women-who-miscarry-could-face-investigation-under-/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Women who miscarry could face investigation under legislation supported by Gudex, Greater Wisconsin Political Fund says
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<p> A &nbsp;television ad in the 18th state Senate district race jars viewers with a chilling scene: A police officer knocks at a door and confronts a distraught couple sitting on a sofa. &quot;Women who have miscarriages could be investigated by police,&quot; the narrator says, and the words &quot;Miscarriages investigated&quot; appear on the screen. The ad is from the liberal Greater Wisconsin Political Fund and targets Republican state Senate candidate Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac who is challenging incumbent Democrat Jessica King of Oshkosh, who was elected in 2011 in a recall ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2012/oct/22/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/women-who-miscarry-could-face-investigation-under-/">>> More</a>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/oct/22/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/women-who-miscarry-could-face-investigation-under-/ Greater Wisconsin Committee - Greater Wisconsin Committee says cuts in school aid left some students without chairs and 47 kids in a classroomhttp://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/dec/23/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/greater-wisconsin-committee-says-cuts-school-aid-l/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Greater Wisconsin Committee says cuts in school aid left some students without chairs and 47 kids in a classroom
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<p> Highlighting $800 million in school aid cuts in Wisconsin&rsquo;s 2011-&rsquo;13 budget, critics of Gov. Scott Walker are attacking what they view as serious side effects from his fiscal medicine. A TV ad by the liberal Greater Wisconsin Committee uses interview clips to hammer Walker for backing business tax breaks while reducing state support for local schools. The speakers -- unidentified by name or position, but described by the group as teachers, parents or grandparents -- make claims about school staffing cuts and larger class sizes. &nbsp; Their claims are presented ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2011/dec/23/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/greater-wisconsin-committee-says-cuts-school-aid-l/">>> More</a>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:00:00 -0500http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/dec/23/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/greater-wisconsin-committee-says-cuts-school-aid-l/ Greater Wisconsin Committee - GOP recall candidate Jonathan Steitz &quot;failed to pay his taxes,&quot; liberal Greater Wisconsin Committee says http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/aug/12/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/gop-recall-candidate-jonathan-steitz-failed-pay-hi/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | GOP recall candidate Jonathan Steitz "failed to pay his taxes," liberal Greater Wisconsin Committee says
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<p> The Greater Wisconsin Committee, a liberal group active in Wisconsin politics, has asserted itself in the historic state Senate recall campaigns. In the two remaining races, which will be decided Aug. 16, 2011, it has accused Republican challengers of not paying their taxes. In a North Woods race, the Madison-based group said tea party leader Kim Simac, who is running against Sen. Jim Holperin, D-Conover, &quot;was delinquent paying her property taxes eight of the last nine years.&quot; We rated that claim True. The Greater Wisconsin Committee made a similar statement ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2011/aug/12/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/gop-recall-candidate-jonathan-steitz-failed-pay-hi/">>> More</a>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:59:21 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/aug/12/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/gop-recall-candidate-jonathan-steitz-failed-pay-hi/ Greater Wisconsin Committee - Greater Wisconsin Political Fund says recall candidate Kim Simac was delinquent paying property taxes eight of the last nine yearshttp://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/aug/12/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/greater-wisconsin-political-fund-says-recall-candi/The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Greater Wisconsin Political Fund says recall candidate Kim Simac was delinquent paying property taxes eight of the last nine years
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<p> In July 2011, when allies of state Sen. Jim Holperin (D-Conover) hit his recall challenger, Republican Kim Simac, for failing to pay income taxes, Simac punched back -- metaphorically speaking, of course. Simac accused her foes of believing that struggling small-business owners such as she are &quot;too poor to run for public office.&quot; She blamed the troubles of her horse-training business, Great Northern Adventure Co., on the poor economy, and said she had no tax liability to pay. The tax attack on Simac, a party activist and founder of ...</p> <a href="/wisconsin/statements/2011/aug/12/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/greater-wisconsin-political-fund-says-recall-candi/">>> More</a>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/aug/12/greater-wisconsin-political-fund/greater-wisconsin-political-fund-says-recall-candi/